Weekend Roundup: Rangers Negotiating Two-Year Deal With Ruslan Fedotenko+ more Jagr rumors, Nikita Filatov on the block, and the Flyers may get their goalie

The NY Post’s Larry Brooks reports that the Rangers are in
discussions with pending UFA Ruslan Fedotenko about a new two-year deal.The haggling is ongoing, but Brooks thinks
the Rangers want to get Fedotenko signed before July 1.Fedotenko fit like a glove with the Rangers
this year after joining the team at training camp on a tryout.Many figured the Blueshirts would be
interested in keeping him on another one-year deal over Vinny Prospal, but that
it appears that Fedotenko will get two years is a bit of a surprise.The Rangers are fairly set on the wings going
forward with Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Brandon Prust and Marian Gaborik locked
in with the team and prospects like Chris Kreider, Christian Thomas, Mats
Zuccarello and Evgeny Grachev probably on the way sooner than later.Fedotenko plays left wing where the Rangers
are weak, but their top prospects could fill those positions starting next
year.Fedotenko earned another go on
Broadway, but he’s 32-years-old and it’s a little surprising that the Rangers
are willing to sign him for more than one season.

- Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports that the
Blue Jackets would be willing to move highly regarded forward prospect Nikita
Filatov for a “fourth-round draft pick, a middling prospect or an aged veteran.”That asking price is probably a little low even
though Filatov has been a colossal disappointment thus far.If Filatov could really be had for a
fourth-round pick, that’d be a no-brainer for the Rangers and a host of other
teams.He’s looking like a bust, but
Filatov had been considered one of the top-10 prospects in hockey for the last
few years.He’s been very slow to
develop but still has the potential to turn into a star.It would make sense for GM Glen Sather to
phone Columbus
as the draft approaches.

- No buyouts yet, but Wojtek Wolski’s situation is still in
flux.

- Reports indicate that the Philadelphia Flyers are likely to
sign Ilya Bryzgalov to a multi-year deal.The implications of the signing could be significant as Philly is
squeezed tight up against the cap already.Rumors that Jeff Carter could be sent to Columbus continue to fly and it seems likely
that the Flyers will be active at the draft.If you consider Bryzgalov to be a big-time goalie, and many do, the
image of him wearing orange and black going forward is a scary one.